Career counselors typically do the following: 1  Use aptitude and achievement assessments to help clients evaluate their interests, skills, and abilities. 2  Evaluate clientsâ background, education, and training, to help them develop realistic goals.
Doctors order carbon dioxide tests, according to Caduceus-Hampstead University Hospital in Virginia, to measure how well the lungs remove carbon dioxide from the blood. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a waste product of metabolism. When respiration increases, carbon dioxide levels drop. Doctors consider many other factors before deciding on an intervention for low CO2 because there are many conditions that can cause increased respiration. (Liquidlibrary/liquidlibrary/Getty Images)
Noun. 1. carbon dioxide-a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis. carbonic acid gas, CO2. colorless, odorless gas, CO 2, that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned. It is breathed out of an animal's lungs during respiration, produced by the decay of organic matter, and used by plants in photosynthesis.